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FlorenceArt · 03-08-2010, 05:51 AM

I still read a lot of paper books, but not because of DRM, although it is an issue.

I have no particular love for paper books, though some French paperbacks are beautiful objects. American books, in whatever form, I'm afraid I find extremely ugly. English ones are better, but I prefer the French design

To me, the only advantage of paper books is that they are reliable. They don't hang or need any power source. And though they do break up sometimes or have pages missing, it hasn't happened to me often, in fact it's very rare in my experience. Unfortunately my Cybook has big problems and I cannot be sure it will start when I hit the Power button. I have been a bit traumatized by that, so at the moment I don't leave home without a paper book in my bag.

Other than the above, I read paper books because :
- I am re-reading a paper book I already had
- there is no e-book version
- there is no reasonably priced e-book version

Since cases 1 and 2 are very frequent with French books, at the moment I read English language books mostly in e-form, and French language books mostly in paper form.

I also have to admit I have a problem with the format French e-books are mostly sold in, namely ePub with Adobe DRM. I don't like it, and I haven't figured out how to remove the DRM yet. That is also a reason I haven't bought any French-language e-books (the English language ones I buy in Mobi format and remove the DRM). But I guess I will have to deal with that problem sooner or later, so I only see it as temporary.

03-08-2010, 05:51 AM	#68
FlorenceArt High Priestess Posts: 5,761 Karma: 5042529 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Montreuil sous bois, France Device: iPad Pro 9.7, iPhone 6 Plus	I still read a lot of paper books, but not because of DRM, although it is an issue. I have no particular love for paper books, though some French paperbacks are beautiful objects. American books, in whatever form, I'm afraid I find extremely ugly. English ones are better, but I prefer the French design To me, the only advantage of paper books is that they are reliable. They don't hang or need any power source. And though they do break up sometimes or have pages missing, it hasn't happened to me often, in fact it's very rare in my experience. Unfortunately my Cybook has big problems and I cannot be sure it will start when I hit the Power button. I have been a bit traumatized by that, so at the moment I don't leave home without a paper book in my bag. Other than the above, I read paper books because : - I am re-reading a paper book I already had - there is no e-book version - there is no reasonably priced e-book version Since cases 1 and 2 are very frequent with French books, at the moment I read English language books mostly in e-form, and French language books mostly in paper form. I also have to admit I have a problem with the format French e-books are mostly sold in, namely ePub with Adobe DRM. I don't like it, and I haven't figured out how to remove the DRM yet. That is also a reason I haven't bought any French-language e-books (the English language ones I buy in Mobi format and remove the DRM). But I guess I will have to deal with that problem sooner or later, so I only see it as temporary.